US20220009608A1 - Marine Propulsion Unit - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a marine propulsion unit, and to a cylcloidal-marine propulsion systems such as to flappin foil propulsors for marine vessels or the like.
- Publication EP 2 944 556 presents a cycloidal marine-propulsion system.
- One problem with such cycloidal marine-propulsion system is that due to the relatively complex construction, mounting of a cycloidal marine-propulsion system to a ship and servicing of a cycloidal marine-propulsion system that is mounted to a ship is not easy.
- the object of the invention is to provide a marine propulsion unit that is easy to mount to a ship and that is easier to service.
- the marine propulsion of the invention is characterized by the definitions of independent claim 1 .
- Preferred embodiments of the marine propulsion are defined in the dependent claims 2 to 31 .
- Claim 32 relates to a combination of a marine vessel and a marine propulsion unit according to any of the claims 1 to 31 .
- FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the marine propulsion unit
- FIG. 2 shows the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 1 in a state, where one blade unit is removed
- FIG. 3 shows a blade unit of the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 1 ,
- FIG. 4 shows the blade unit shown in FIG. 3 from another angle
- FIG. 5 shows the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 1 in partly cut view
- FIG. 6 shows a detail of the blade unit shown in FIG. 3 in cut view
- FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the marine propulsion unit in cut view
- FIG. 8 shows the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 1 in cut view and in a state, where one blade unit is removed
- FIG. 9 shows in partly cut view a second embodiment of the marine propulsion unit
- FIG. 10 shows in partly cut view the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 9 in a state, where one blade unit is either being removed from a seat extending from the lower surface of the rotary casing by moving the blade housing of the blade unit out of said seat from the side of the lower surface or the rotary casing or being mounted into seat extending from the lower surface of the rotary casing by moving the blade housing of the blade unit into said seat from the side of the lower surface or the rotary casing,
- FIG. 11 shows in partly cut view the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 9 .
- FIG. 12 shows in partly cut view the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 9 in a state, where one blade unit is either being removed from a seat extending from the lower surface of the rotary casing by moving the blade housing of the blade unit out of said seat from the side of the lower surface or the rotary casing or being mounted into seat extending from the lower surface of the rotary casing by moving the blade housing of the blade unit into said seat from the side of the lower surface or the rotary casing,
- FIG. 13 shows a detail of a blade unit of the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 9 .
- FIG. 14 shows in partly cut view a detail of a blade unit of the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 9 ,
- FIG. 15 shows in in partly cut view a third embodiment of the marine propulsion unit
- FIG. 16 shows the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 15 as seen from the side
- FIG. 17 shows in partly cut view the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 15 in a state, where outer casing sections of the outer casing of the rotary casing has been removed and where one blade unit is either being removed from the central portion of the rotary casing or being mounted to the central portion of the rotary casing,
- FIG. 18 shows in partly cut view the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 15 in a state, where outer casing sections of the outer casing of the rotary casing has been removed and where one blade unit has been being removed,
- FIG. 19 shows in partly cut view a fourth embodiment of the marine propulsion unit in a state, where one blade unit is either being removed from a seat extending from the lower surface of the rotary casing by moving the blade housing of the blade unit out of said seat from the side of the lower surface or the rotary casing, or being mounted into seat extending from the lower surface of the rotary casing by moving the blade housing of the blade unit into said seat from the side of the lower surface or the rotary casing,
- FIG. 20 shows in partly cut view the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 9 .
- FIG. 21 shows in partly cut view and in greater detail an example of the fastening of the blade housing of a blade unit to the central portion of the rotary casing in the embodiments of the marine propulsion units illustrated in FIGS. 9 to 20 .
- the figures show an embodiment of the marine propulsion unit.
- the marine propulsion unit comprises a rotary casing 1 rotatable about a central axis A.
- the marine propulsion unit comprises blades 2 extending axially from the rotary casing 1 for rotation with the rotary casing 1 about the central axis A.
- Each blade 2 is preferably, but not necessarily, mounted for pivotal movement about blade axes B generally parallel to the central axis A as illustrated in FIG. 5 .
- a blade shaft portion 3 of each blade 2 is at least partly surrounded by a blade housing 4 and a blade portion 5 of each blade 2 is outside the blade housing 4 .
- the blade housing 4 is releasable attached to the rotary casing 1 .
- Each blade 2 is supported in the blade housing 4 by means of bearings 6 a and 6 b for said pivotal movement i.e. to make possible said pivotal movement.
- each blade 2 can together with a respective blade housing 4 be considered to form a blade unit (not marked with a reference numeral).
- the marine propulsion unit provides for several advantages.
- the blade 2 that is supported in the blade housing 4 by means of the bearings 6 a and 6 b provides for a clear spare part package.
- the blade 2 that is supported in the blade housing 4 by means of the bearings 6 a and 6 b provides for a pre-assembled module that can be tested and be approved for example by classification societies prior mounting the blade 2 to the rotary casing 1 of the marine propulsion unit.
- the blade shaft portion 3 of the blade 2 is already fitted into the bearings 6 a and 6 b for example at a factory, the blade shaft portion 3 of the blade 2 need not to be fitted into the bearings 6 a and 6 b simultaneously when mounting the blade 2 to the rotary casing 1 for example at a shipyard. This also makes servicing and replacing of individual blades easy. This is an advantage, because the blades 2 can be 2 to 3 meters long. The risk that the bearings 6 a and 6 b are damaged is consequently reduced.
- the marine propulsion unit comprises preferably, but not necessarily, a retaining arrangement (not shown in the figures) for keeping the blade shaft portion 5 of each blade 2 in a respective blade housing.
- Said retaining arrangement can for example comprise at least one of a wedge connection, a shrink connection, a retaining screw and a retaining ring.
- the blades 2 are preferably, but not necessarily, evenly distributed at the rotary casing 1 with respect to the central axis A.
- the rotary casing 1 of the marine propulsion unit comprises preferably, but not necessarily, a lower surface 7 that is configured to be at least partly in direct contact with water.
- the lower surface 7 can be flat as shown in the figures.
- the rotary casing 1 comprises such lower surface 7
- the rotary casing 1 comprises preferably, but not necessarily, mounting seats 8 configured to releasable receive the blade housing 4 of each blade 2 such that the mounting seats 8 extend from the lower surface 7 of the rotary casing 1 into the rotary casing 1 and form apertures in the rotary casing 1 .
- at least one mounting seat 8 can extend from the lower surface 7 of the rotary casing 1 into the rotary casing 1 so that said at least one mounting seat 8 form a recess in the rotary casing 1 .
- the blade housing 4 has preferably, but not necessarily, an outer surface 9 , which can be a circumferential outer surface, as in FIG. 6
- the mounting seat 8 has preferably, but not necessarily, an inner surface 10 , which can be a circumferential inner surface, as in FIG. 6 , such that the outer surface 9 of the blade housing 4 at least partly abuts the inner surface 10 of the mounting seat 8 so as to prevent lateral movement of the blade housing 4 in the mounting seat 8 .
- the inner surface 10 together with the outer surface 9 also functions as steering surfaces when mounting the blade housing 4 together with the blade 2 at the rotary casing 1 .
- the blade housing 4 has preferably, but not necessarily, a first section (not marked with a reference numeral) where the cross-section form and the outer dimensions of the blade housing 4 corresponds to the cross-section form and inner dimensions of a second section (not marked with a reference numeral) of the mounting seat 8 so as to prevent lateral movement of the blade housing 4 in the mounting seat 8 .
- the first section together with the second section also functions as steering surfaces when mounting the blade housing 4 together with the blade 2 at the rotary casing 1 .
- Such first section of the blade housing 4 is preferably, but not necessarily, formed by a circumferential outer surface of the blade housing 4 that has an outer diameter that essentially corresponds to the inner diameter of a second section of the mounting seat 8 in the form of a circumferential inner surface of the mounting seat 8 extending from a lower surface 7 of the rotary casing 1 so as to prevent lateral movement of the blade housing 4 in the mounting seat 8 .
- the blade housing 4 can comprise a first lower flange 25 having an upper surrounding surface 26 configured to abut a lower surrounding surface 27 of a second lower flange 28 that surrounds the mounting seat 8 when the blade housing 4 is brought into a mounting position in the mounting seat 8 from the side of the lower surface 7 of the rotary casing 1 .
- the mounting seats 8 are preferably, but not necessarily, designed and dimensioned to allow inserting and removal of a blade housing 4 having a blade 2 supported in the blade housing 4 by means of bearings 6 a and 6 b solely from the side of lower surface 7 of the rotary casing 1 .
- the so-called pre-assembled module comprising a blade housing 4 having a blade 2 supported in the blade housing 4 by means of bearings 6 a and 6 b is preferably, but now necessarily, solely insertable and removable from a mounting sear extending from the lower surface of the rotary casing from the side of lower surface 7 of the rotary casing 1 .
- This means that the so-called pre-assembled module can be inserted and removed from the rotary casing 1 without disconnecting the rotary casing for example from the hull 23 of a ship to which the rotary casing 1 is mounted.
- the rotary casing 1 comprises a central portion 29
- each blade housing 4 comprises a first lateral attachment member 30
- each blade housing 4 is releasable attached to the central portion 29 of the rotary casing 1 so that the first lateral attachment member 30 of each blade housing 4 is attached to corresponding second lateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at the central portion 29 of the rotary casing 1 .
- the first lateral attachment members 30 can be planar as shown in the figures.
- the second lateral attachment members 31 can be planar as shown in the figures.
- a first lateral attachment member 30 of a blade housing 4 can for example be attached to a second lateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at the central portion 29 of the rotary casing 1 by using external fastening means (not illustrated in the figures) once the first lateral attachment member 30 of a blade housing 4 is brought into contact with a second lateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at the central portion 29 of the rotary casing 1 . More precisely, as shown in FIGS.
- the rotary casing 1 comprises an outer casing 32 surrounding the central portion 29 or the rotary casing 1
- the outer casing comprises mounting seats 8 configured to releasable receive the blade housing 4 of each blade 2
- the mounting seats 8 extend from a lower outer surface 33 of the outer casing 32 of the rotary casing 1 .
- One purpose of the outer casing is to improve the hydrodynamic characteristics of the marine propulsion unit by creating a smooth design with less edges, cavities and protrusions and the like.
- the outer casing 32 of the rotary casing 1 is composed of several outer casing sections 34 separated by division planes 35 dividing each mounting seat 8 in the outer casing in at least two mounting seat sections (not marked with a reference numeral) so the each adjacent outer casing sections 34 of the outer casing 32 comprises a mounting seat section of at least one mounting seat 8 .
- the mounting seats 8 in the outer casing 32 of the rotary casing 1 is designed and dimensioned so that outer casing sections 34 must be removed to allow inserting and removal of a blade housing 4 having a blade 2 supported in the blade housing by means of bearings 6 a and 6 b .
- the outer casing 32 is divided by division planes 35 into several outer casing sections 34 , only some outer casing sections 34 and not the complete outer casing 32 needs to be removed to allow inserting and removal of a blade housing 4 having a blade 2 supported in the blade housing by means of bearings 6 a and 6 b.
- the mounting seats 8 in the outer casing 32 of the rotary casing 1 is designed and dimensioned to allow inserting and removal of a blade housing 4 having a blade 2 supported in the blade housing by means of bearings 6 a and 6 b solely from the side of lower outer surface 35 of the outer casing 32 of the rotary casing 1 and without removing outer casing sections 34 .
- the fourth embodiment of the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG. 19 the fourth embodiment of the marine propulsion unit shown in FIG.
- a blade housing 4 having a blade 2 supported in the blade housing by means of bearings 6 a and 6 b can moved such as lifted up into a mounting seat 8 extending from the lower surface 22 of the outer casing 32 and correspondingly be lowered from a mounting seat 8 extending from the lower surface 22 of the outer casing 32 without removing outer casing sections 34 .
- a blade housing 4 having a blade 2 supported in the blade housing by means of bearings 6 a and 6 b can moved such as lifted up into a mounting seat 8 extending from the lower surface 22 of the outer casing 32 and correspondingly be lowered from a mounting seat 8 extending from the lower surface 22 of the outer casing 32 without removing outer casing sections 34 .
- the mounting seats 8 extending from the lower surface 22 of the outer casing 32 are preferably, but not necessarily, designed to that the mounting seats 8 are configured to steer the first lateral attachment member 30 of a blade housing 4 into contact with a second lateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at the central portion 29 of the rotary casing 1 when blade housing 4 having a blade 2 supported in the blade housing by means of bearings 6 a and 6 b is moved into the mounting seat 8 .
- the marine propulsion unit comprises first lateral attachment members 30 at the blade housings and second lateral attachment members 31 at a central portion 29 of the rotary casing 29
- electrical power and/or steering signal connectors can also be provided in connection with such first lateral attachment members 30 at the blade housings and second lateral attachment members 31 at a central portion 29 of the rotary casing 29 so that optional electrical power and/or steering signal connections between the blade housing 4 having a blade 2 supported in the blade housing by means of bearings 6 a and 6 b and other parts of the marine propulsion unit can easily be formed in connection with releasable fastening the first lateral attachment member 30 of a blade housing 4 to the second lateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at the central portion 29 of the rotary casing 1 .
- the rotary casing 1 has preferably, but not necessarily, as illustrated in FIGS. 20 and 21 , a hollow interior 39
- the first lateral attachment member 30 of each blade housing 4 are preferably, but not necessarily releasable attached to a corresponding second lateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at the central portion 29 of the rotary casing 1 by means of fastening means extending from the hollow interior 39 of the rotary casing 1 into the first lateral attachment member 30 of each blade housing 4 as illustrated in FIGS. 20 and 21 .
- Such fastening allows for easy of attachment of the blade housings 4 to and detaching of the blade housings 4 from the central portion 29 of the rotary casing 1 .
- threaded holes 36 in the first lateral attachment member 30 of each blade housing 4 are aligned with holes 37 at said corresponding second lateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at the central portion 29 of the rotary casing 1
- the fastening means comprises bolts 38 screwed into the threaded holes 36 in the first lateral attachment member 30 of each blade housing 4 from the hollow interior 39 of the rotary casing 1 so that the heads of each bolt 38 are at least partly inside the hollow interior 39 of the rotary casing 1 .
- the marine propulsion unit comprises preferably, but not necessarily, a mounting body 11 , configured to attach the marine propulsion unit to a marine vessel or the like such as to a ship, preferably to the hull 23 of a ship, wherein the rotary casing 1 is rotatable mounted at said mounting body 11 for said rotation about the central axis A.
- the marine propulsion unit comprises preferably, but not necessarily, a mounting body 11 , configured to attach the marine propulsion unit to a marine vessel or the like such as to a ship, preferably to the hull 23 of a ship, wherein the rotary casing 1 is rotatable mounted at said mounting body 11 for said rotation about the central axis A, and the rotary casing 1 comprises preferably, but not necessarily, having a hollow interior 39 , and the marine propulsion unit is preferably, but not necessarily, provided with a manhole arrangement 40 for providing access to the hollow interior 39 of the rotary casing 1 so that the manhole arrangement 40 leads through the mounting body 11 into the hollow interior 39 of the rotary casing 1 , as illustrated in FIGS. 7, 8 and 20 .
- the marine propulsion unit comprises preferably, but not necessarily, a rotating means 21 configured to rotate the rotary casing 1 with respect to the mounting body 11 .
- the rotating means 21 can comprise one of an electric motor, as in the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 7, 8, and 20 a hydraulic arrangement, and a mechanical arrangement or a combination thereof.
- the bearings for supporting the blades in the blade housings 4 comprise preferably, but not necessarily, a first bearing 6 a and a second bearing 6 b .
- the first bearing 6 a is provided inside the blade housing 4 at a first end (not marked with a reference numeral) of the blade shaft portion 3 of the blade 2 and the second bearing 6 b is provided inside the blade housing 4 at the opposite second end (not marked with a reference numeral) of the blade shaft portion 3 of the blade 2 .
- the bearings for supporting the blades in the blade housings 4 comprise a first bearing 6 a and a second bearing 6 b as described
- the first bearing 6 a is preferably, but not necessarily, a cylindrical bearing or a roller bearing.
- One purpose of the first bearing 6 a is to transmit radial forces from the blade 2 to the rotary casing 1 via the blade housing 4 .
- a first seal arrangement 12 is preferably, but not necessarily, provided between the blade shaft portion 3 of the blade 2 and the blade housing 4 at the first bearing 6 a on the side of the first bearing 6 a that faces the second bearing 6 b .
- One purpose of the first seal arrangement 12 is to prevent lubrication from leaking from the first bearing 6 a.
- the bearings for supporting the blades in the blade housings 4 comprise a first bearing 6 a and a second bearing 6 b as described
- the second bearing 6 b is preferably, but not necessarily, a spherical roller bearing.
- the spherical roller bearing transmits axial and radial forces from the blade 2 to the rotary casing 1 via the blade housing 4 .
- a second seal arrangement 13 is preferably, but not necessarily, between the blade shaft portion 3 of the blade 2 and the blade housing 4 at the second bearing 6 b on the side of the second bearing 6 b that faces the blade portion 5 of the blade 2 .
- One purpose of the second seal arrangement 13 is to protect the second bearing against water that at least partly surrounds the blade portion 5 of the blade 2 , when the marine propulsion unit is mounted at a marine vessel and when the marine vessel floats in water.
- Another purpose of the second seal arrangement 13 is to prevent lubrication from leaking from the second bearing 6 a.
- a third seal arrangement 24 is preferably, but not necessarily, between the blade shaft portion 3 of the blade 2 and the blade housing 4 at the second bearing 6 b on the side of the second bearing 6 b that faces the first bearing 6 a .
- One purpose of the third seal arrangement 24 is to prevent lubrication from leaking from the second bearing 6 a.
- Each blade comprises preferably, but not necessarily, a pivoting means 14 functionally connected between the blade 2 and the blade housing 4 .
- the pivoting means 14 is configured to pivot the blade 2 with respect to the blade housing 4 for performing said pivotal movement of the blade 2 about blade axes B, which may be generally parallel to the central axis A.
- Each pivoting means 14 can comprise one of an electric motor, a hydraulic arrangement, and a mechanical arrangement or a combination thereof.
- Each pivoting means 14 is preferably, but not necessarily, independently operable.
- the blade portion 5 of each blade 2 comprises preferably, but not necessarily, an elongated leading edge 15 and an elongated trailing edge 16
- the marine propulsion unit comprises preferably, but not necessarily, a steering unit 22 configurable to control the pivoting means 14 so that the trailing edge 16 of the blade portion 5 of each blade 2 moves in an ordinary cycloid or curtate cycloid path when the marine propulsion unit moves linearly when propulsing a marine vessel to move the marine vessel linearly or along a curve when propulsing a marine vessel to move the marine vessel along a curve.
- each blade 2 comprises a pivoting means 14
- the blade housing 4 encapsulates preferably, but not necessarily, the pivoting means 14 .
- An advantage of this is that the blade housing 4 protects the pivoting means 14 during assembly at the rotary casing 1 .
- the pivoting means 14 can be sealed in the blade housing 4 against water by means of the blade housing 4 .
- Another advantage of this is that this provides for an assembly-ready unit comprising both the blade 2 and the pivoting means 14 for pivoting the blade 2 with respect to the rotary casing 1 .
- each blade 2 of the marine propulsion unit comprise a first bearing 6 a and a second bearing 6 b as described
- the pivoting means 14 is preferably, but not necessarily, functionally connected to the blade shaft portion 3 of the blade 2 between the first bearing 6 a and the second bearing 6 b , as shown in FIG. 6 .
- each pivoting means 14 is preferably, but not necessarily, an electric motor (not marked with a reference numeral), wherein the electric motor surrounds the blade shaft portion 3 of the blade 2 in the blade housing 4 .
- each pivoting means 14 is an electric motor
- the stator 17 of the electric motor is preferably, but not necessarily, attached to the blade housing 4
- the rotor 18 of the electric motor is preferably, but not necessarily, attached to the blade shaft portion 3 of the blade 2 , as shown in FIG. 7 .
- Each blade housing 4 comprise preferably, but not necessarily, at least one bolt flange 19 at the blade housing 4 , wherein the bolt flange 19 is configured to co-operate with fastening means 20 , such as with a co-operating bolt flange, at the rotary casing 1 for releasable attaching the blade housing 4 to the rotary casing 1 .
- Each blade housing 4 can for example comprise, as shown in the figures, a bolt flange 19 at one end of the blade housing 4 , wherein the bolt flange 19 is configured to co-operate with fastening means 20 , such as with a co-operating bolt flange, at the rotary casing 1 for releasable attaching the blade housing 4 to the rotary casing 1 .
- the rotary casing 1 of the marine propulsion unit has preferably, but not necessarily, a hollow interior 39
- the marine propulsion unit is preferably, but not necessarily provided with a manhole arrangement 40 for providing access to the hollow 39 interior of the rotary casing 1 as illustrated in FIGS. 7, 8 and 20 .
- Such manhole arrangement 40 is preferably, but not necessarily, configured to provide a passage between the hollow interior 39 of the rotary casing 1 and the marine vessel.
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- The invention relates to a marine propulsion unit, and to a cylcloidal-marine propulsion systems such as to flappin foil propulsors for marine vessels or the like.
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Publication EP 2 944 556 presents a cycloidal marine-propulsion system. One problem with such cycloidal marine-propulsion system is that due to the relatively complex construction, mounting of a cycloidal marine-propulsion system to a ship and servicing of a cycloidal marine-propulsion system that is mounted to a ship is not easy. - The object of the invention is to provide a marine propulsion unit that is easy to mount to a ship and that is easier to service.
- The marine propulsion of the invention is characterized by the definitions of
independent claim 1. - Preferred embodiments of the marine propulsion are defined in the
dependent claims 2 to 31. -
Claim 32 relates to a combination of a marine vessel and a marine propulsion unit according to any of theclaims 1 to 31. - In the following the invention will described in more detail by referring to the figures, which:
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FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the marine propulsion unit, -
FIG. 2 shows the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 1 in a state, where one blade unit is removed, -
FIG. 3 shows a blade unit of the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 1 , -
FIG. 4 shows the blade unit shown inFIG. 3 from another angle, -
FIG. 5 shows the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 1 in partly cut view, -
FIG. 6 shows a detail of the blade unit shown inFIG. 3 in cut view, -
FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the marine propulsion unit in cut view, -
FIG. 8 shows the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 1 in cut view and in a state, where one blade unit is removed, -
FIG. 9 shows in partly cut view a second embodiment of the marine propulsion unit, -
FIG. 10 shows in partly cut view the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 9 in a state, where one blade unit is either being removed from a seat extending from the lower surface of the rotary casing by moving the blade housing of the blade unit out of said seat from the side of the lower surface or the rotary casing or being mounted into seat extending from the lower surface of the rotary casing by moving the blade housing of the blade unit into said seat from the side of the lower surface or the rotary casing, -
FIG. 11 shows in partly cut view the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 9 , -
FIG. 12 shows in partly cut view the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 9 in a state, where one blade unit is either being removed from a seat extending from the lower surface of the rotary casing by moving the blade housing of the blade unit out of said seat from the side of the lower surface or the rotary casing or being mounted into seat extending from the lower surface of the rotary casing by moving the blade housing of the blade unit into said seat from the side of the lower surface or the rotary casing, -
FIG. 13 shows a detail of a blade unit of the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 9 , -
FIG. 14 shows in partly cut view a detail of a blade unit of the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 9 , -
FIG. 15 shows in in partly cut view a third embodiment of the marine propulsion unit, and -
FIG. 16 shows the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 15 as seen from the side, -
FIG. 17 shows in partly cut view the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 15 in a state, where outer casing sections of the outer casing of the rotary casing has been removed and where one blade unit is either being removed from the central portion of the rotary casing or being mounted to the central portion of the rotary casing, -
FIG. 18 shows in partly cut view the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 15 in a state, where outer casing sections of the outer casing of the rotary casing has been removed and where one blade unit has been being removed, -
FIG. 19 shows in partly cut view a fourth embodiment of the marine propulsion unit in a state, where one blade unit is either being removed from a seat extending from the lower surface of the rotary casing by moving the blade housing of the blade unit out of said seat from the side of the lower surface or the rotary casing, or being mounted into seat extending from the lower surface of the rotary casing by moving the blade housing of the blade unit into said seat from the side of the lower surface or the rotary casing, -
FIG. 20 shows in partly cut view the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 9 , and -
FIG. 21 shows in partly cut view and in greater detail an example of the fastening of the blade housing of a blade unit to the central portion of the rotary casing in the embodiments of the marine propulsion units illustrated inFIGS. 9 to 20 . - The figures show an embodiment of the marine propulsion unit.
- The marine propulsion unit comprises a
rotary casing 1 rotatable about a central axis A. - The marine propulsion unit comprises
blades 2 extending axially from therotary casing 1 for rotation with therotary casing 1 about the central axis A. Eachblade 2 is preferably, but not necessarily, mounted for pivotal movement about blade axes B generally parallel to the central axis A as illustrated inFIG. 5 . - A
blade shaft portion 3 of eachblade 2 is at least partly surrounded by ablade housing 4 and ablade portion 5 of eachblade 2 is outside theblade housing 4. - The
blade housing 4 is releasable attached to therotary casing 1. - Each
blade 2 is supported in theblade housing 4 by means ofbearings - In the marine propulsion unit, each
blade 2 can together with arespective blade housing 4 be considered to form a blade unit (not marked with a reference numeral). - The marine propulsion unit provides for several advantages. The
blade 2 that is supported in theblade housing 4 by means of thebearings blade 2 that is supported in theblade housing 4 by means of thebearings blade 2 to therotary casing 1 of the marine propulsion unit. Mounting of theblades 2 to therotary casing 1 is easy: Because theblade shaft portion 3 of theblade 2 is already fitted into thebearings blade shaft portion 3 of theblade 2 need not to be fitted into thebearings blade 2 to therotary casing 1 for example at a shipyard. This also makes servicing and replacing of individual blades easy. This is an advantage, because theblades 2 can be 2 to 3 meters long. The risk that thebearings - The marine propulsion unit comprises preferably, but not necessarily, a retaining arrangement (not shown in the figures) for keeping the
blade shaft portion 5 of eachblade 2 in a respective blade housing. Said retaining arrangement can for example comprise at least one of a wedge connection, a shrink connection, a retaining screw and a retaining ring. - The
blades 2 are preferably, but not necessarily, evenly distributed at therotary casing 1 with respect to the central axis A. - The
rotary casing 1 of the marine propulsion unit comprises preferably, but not necessarily, alower surface 7 that is configured to be at least partly in direct contact with water. Thelower surface 7 can be flat as shown in the figures. - If the
rotary casing 1 comprises suchlower surface 7, therotary casing 1 comprises preferably, but not necessarily,mounting seats 8 configured to releasable receive theblade housing 4 of eachblade 2 such that themounting seats 8 extend from thelower surface 7 of therotary casing 1 into therotary casing 1 and form apertures in therotary casing 1. Alternatively, at least onemounting seat 8 can extend from thelower surface 7 of therotary casing 1 into therotary casing 1 so that said at least onemounting seat 8 form a recess in therotary casing 1. - If the
rotary casing 1 comprises such mounting seats, theblade housing 4 has preferably, but not necessarily, anouter surface 9, which can be a circumferential outer surface, as inFIG. 6 , and themounting seat 8 has preferably, but not necessarily, aninner surface 10, which can be a circumferential inner surface, as inFIG. 6 , such that theouter surface 9 of theblade housing 4 at least partly abuts theinner surface 10 of themounting seat 8 so as to prevent lateral movement of theblade housing 4 in themounting seat 8. Theinner surface 10 together with theouter surface 9 also functions as steering surfaces when mounting theblade housing 4 together with theblade 2 at therotary casing 1. - If the
rotary casing 1 comprisessuch mounting seats 8, theblade housing 4 has preferably, but not necessarily, a first section (not marked with a reference numeral) where the cross-section form and the outer dimensions of theblade housing 4 corresponds to the cross-section form and inner dimensions of a second section (not marked with a reference numeral) of themounting seat 8 so as to prevent lateral movement of theblade housing 4 in themounting seat 8. The first section together with the second section also functions as steering surfaces when mounting theblade housing 4 together with theblade 2 at therotary casing 1. - Such first section of the
blade housing 4 is preferably, but not necessarily, formed by a circumferential outer surface of theblade housing 4 that has an outer diameter that essentially corresponds to the inner diameter of a second section of themounting seat 8 in the form of a circumferential inner surface of themounting seat 8 extending from alower surface 7 of therotary casing 1 so as to prevent lateral movement of theblade housing 4 in themounting seat 8. - If the
rotary casing 1 comprisessuch mounting seats 8, theblade housing 4 can comprise a first lower flange 25 having an upper surrounding surface 26 configured to abut a lower surrounding surface 27 of a second lower flange 28 that surrounds themounting seat 8 when theblade housing 4 is brought into a mounting position in themounting seat 8 from the side of thelower surface 7 of therotary casing 1. - If the
rotary casing 1 comprisessuch mounting seats 8, themounting seats 8 are preferably, but not necessarily, designed and dimensioned to allow inserting and removal of ablade housing 4 having ablade 2 supported in theblade housing 4 by means ofbearings lower surface 7 of therotary casing 1. In other words, the so-called pre-assembled module comprising ablade housing 4 having ablade 2 supported in theblade housing 4 by means ofbearings lower surface 7 of therotary casing 1. This means that the so-called pre-assembled module can be inserted and removed from therotary casing 1 without disconnecting the rotary casing for example from thehull 23 of a ship to which therotary casing 1 is mounted. - In the second embodiment of the marine propulsion unit shown in
FIGS. 9 to 14 , the third embodiment of the marine propulsion unit shown inFIGS. 15 to 18 , and in the fourth embodiment of the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 19 , therotary casing 1 comprises acentral portion 29, eachblade housing 4 comprises a firstlateral attachment member 30, and eachblade housing 4 is releasable attached to thecentral portion 29 of therotary casing 1 so that the firstlateral attachment member 30 of eachblade housing 4 is attached to corresponding secondlateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at thecentral portion 29 of therotary casing 1. The firstlateral attachment members 30 can be planar as shown in the figures. The secondlateral attachment members 31 can be planar as shown in the figures. A firstlateral attachment member 30 of ablade housing 4 can for example be attached to a secondlateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at thecentral portion 29 of therotary casing 1 by using external fastening means (not illustrated in the figures) once the firstlateral attachment member 30 of ablade housing 4 is brought into contact with a secondlateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at thecentral portion 29 of therotary casing 1. More precisely, as shown inFIGS. 10, 12, 17 and 18 , this is done by moving such as lifting theblade housing 4 having ablade 2 supported in theblade housing 4 by means ofbearings rotary casing 1 so that the firstlateral attachment member 30 of ablade housing 4 is brought into contact with a secondlateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at thecentral portion 29 of therotary casing 1, whereafter external fastening means are used for releasable fasten the firstlateral attachment member 30 of ablade housing 4 to the secondlateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at thecentral portion 29 of therotary casing 1. - In the third embodiment of the marine propulsion unit shown in
FIGS. 15 to 18 , and in the fourth embodiment of the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 19 therotary casing 1 comprises anouter casing 32 surrounding thecentral portion 29 or therotary casing 1, the outer casing comprises mountingseats 8 configured to releasable receive theblade housing 4 of eachblade 2, and the mountingseats 8 extend from a lowerouter surface 33 of theouter casing 32 of therotary casing 1. One purpose of the outer casing is to improve the hydrodynamic characteristics of the marine propulsion unit by creating a smooth design with less edges, cavities and protrusions and the like. - In the third embodiment of the marine propulsion unit shown in
FIGS. 15 to 18 , and in the fourth embodiment of the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 19 theouter casing 32 of therotary casing 1 is composed of severalouter casing sections 34 separated bydivision planes 35 dividing each mountingseat 8 in the outer casing in at least two mounting seat sections (not marked with a reference numeral) so the each adjacentouter casing sections 34 of theouter casing 32 comprises a mounting seat section of at least one mountingseat 8. - In the in the third embodiment of the marine propulsion unit shown in
FIGS. 15 to 18 the mountingseats 8 in theouter casing 32 of therotary casing 1 is designed and dimensioned so thatouter casing sections 34 must be removed to allow inserting and removal of ablade housing 4 having ablade 2 supported in the blade housing by means ofbearings outer casing 32 is divided bydivision planes 35 into severalouter casing sections 34, only someouter casing sections 34 and not the completeouter casing 32 needs to be removed to allow inserting and removal of ablade housing 4 having ablade 2 supported in the blade housing by means ofbearings - In the in the fourth embodiment of the marine propulsion unit shown in
FIG. 19 the mountingseats 8 in theouter casing 32 of therotary casing 1 is designed and dimensioned to allow inserting and removal of ablade housing 4 having ablade 2 supported in the blade housing by means ofbearings outer surface 35 of theouter casing 32 of therotary casing 1 and without removingouter casing sections 34. In other words, in the fourth embodiment of the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 19 , ablade housing 4 having ablade 2 supported in the blade housing by means ofbearings seat 8 extending from thelower surface 22 of theouter casing 32 and correspondingly be lowered from a mountingseat 8 extending from thelower surface 22 of theouter casing 32 without removingouter casing sections 34. In the in the fourth embodiment of the marine propulsion unit shown inFIG. 19 the mountingseats 8 extending from thelower surface 22 of theouter casing 32 are preferably, but not necessarily, designed to that the mountingseats 8 are configured to steer the firstlateral attachment member 30 of ablade housing 4 into contact with a secondlateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at thecentral portion 29 of therotary casing 1 whenblade housing 4 having ablade 2 supported in the blade housing by means ofbearings seat 8. - If the marine propulsion unit comprises first
lateral attachment members 30 at the blade housings and secondlateral attachment members 31 at acentral portion 29 of therotary casing 29, electrical power and/or steering signal connectors (not illustrated in the figures) can also be provided in connection with such firstlateral attachment members 30 at the blade housings and secondlateral attachment members 31 at acentral portion 29 of therotary casing 29 so that optional electrical power and/or steering signal connections between theblade housing 4 having ablade 2 supported in the blade housing by means ofbearings lateral attachment member 30 of ablade housing 4 to the secondlateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at thecentral portion 29 of therotary casing 1. - If the marine propulsion unit comprises first
lateral attachment members 30 at the blade housings and secondlateral attachment members 31 at acentral portion 29 of therotary casing 29, therotary casing 1 has preferably, but not necessarily, as illustrated inFIGS. 20 and 21 , ahollow interior 39, and the firstlateral attachment member 30 of eachblade housing 4 are preferably, but not necessarily releasable attached to a corresponding secondlateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at thecentral portion 29 of therotary casing 1 by means of fastening means extending from thehollow interior 39 of therotary casing 1 into the firstlateral attachment member 30 of eachblade housing 4 as illustrated inFIGS. 20 and 21 . Such fastening allows for easy of attachment of theblade housings 4 to and detaching of theblade housings 4 from thecentral portion 29 of therotary casing 1. It is for example possible that threadedholes 36 in the firstlateral attachment member 30 of eachblade housing 4 are aligned withholes 37 at said corresponding secondlateral attachment member 31 provided laterally at thecentral portion 29 of therotary casing 1, and that the fastening means comprisesbolts 38 screwed into the threadedholes 36 in the firstlateral attachment member 30 of eachblade housing 4 from thehollow interior 39 of therotary casing 1 so that the heads of eachbolt 38 are at least partly inside thehollow interior 39 of therotary casing 1. - The marine propulsion unit comprises preferably, but not necessarily, a mounting
body 11, configured to attach the marine propulsion unit to a marine vessel or the like such as to a ship, preferably to thehull 23 of a ship, wherein therotary casing 1 is rotatable mounted at said mountingbody 11 for said rotation about the central axis A. The marine propulsion unit comprises preferably, but not necessarily, a mountingbody 11, configured to attach the marine propulsion unit to a marine vessel or the like such as to a ship, preferably to thehull 23 of a ship, wherein therotary casing 1 is rotatable mounted at said mountingbody 11 for said rotation about the central axis A, and therotary casing 1 comprises preferably, but not necessarily, having ahollow interior 39, and the marine propulsion unit is preferably, but not necessarily, provided with amanhole arrangement 40 for providing access to thehollow interior 39 of therotary casing 1 so that themanhole arrangement 40 leads through the mountingbody 11 into thehollow interior 39 of therotary casing 1, as illustrated inFIGS. 7, 8 and 20 . The marine propulsion unit comprises preferably, but not necessarily, a rotatingmeans 21 configured to rotate therotary casing 1 with respect to the mountingbody 11. The rotating means 21 can comprise one of an electric motor, as in the embodiment illustrated inFIGS. 7, 8, and 20 a hydraulic arrangement, and a mechanical arrangement or a combination thereof. - The bearings for supporting the blades in the
blade housings 4 comprise preferably, but not necessarily, afirst bearing 6 a and asecond bearing 6 b. Thefirst bearing 6 a is provided inside theblade housing 4 at a first end (not marked with a reference numeral) of theblade shaft portion 3 of theblade 2 and thesecond bearing 6 b is provided inside theblade housing 4 at the opposite second end (not marked with a reference numeral) of theblade shaft portion 3 of theblade 2. An advantage of this is that thefirst bearing 6 a and thesecond bearing 6 b will as far from each other as possible and this provides for a stable supporting of theblades 2 in theblade housings 4. - If the bearings for supporting the blades in the
blade housings 4 comprise afirst bearing 6 a and asecond bearing 6 b as described, thefirst bearing 6 a is preferably, but not necessarily, a cylindrical bearing or a roller bearing. One purpose of thefirst bearing 6 a is to transmit radial forces from theblade 2 to therotary casing 1 via theblade housing 4. - If the bearings for supporting the blades in the
blade housings 4 comprise afirst bearing 6 a and asecond bearing 6 b as described, afirst seal arrangement 12 is preferably, but not necessarily, provided between theblade shaft portion 3 of theblade 2 and theblade housing 4 at thefirst bearing 6 a on the side of thefirst bearing 6 a that faces thesecond bearing 6 b. One purpose of thefirst seal arrangement 12 is to prevent lubrication from leaking from thefirst bearing 6 a. - If the bearings for supporting the blades in the
blade housings 4 comprise afirst bearing 6 a and asecond bearing 6 b as described, thesecond bearing 6 b is preferably, but not necessarily, a spherical roller bearing. The spherical roller bearing transmits axial and radial forces from theblade 2 to therotary casing 1 via theblade housing 4. - If the bearings for supporting the
blades 2 in theblade housings 4 comprise afirst bearing 6 a and asecond bearing 6 b as described, asecond seal arrangement 13 is preferably, but not necessarily, between theblade shaft portion 3 of theblade 2 and theblade housing 4 at thesecond bearing 6 b on the side of thesecond bearing 6 b that faces theblade portion 5 of theblade 2. One purpose of thesecond seal arrangement 13 is to protect the second bearing against water that at least partly surrounds theblade portion 5 of theblade 2, when the marine propulsion unit is mounted at a marine vessel and when the marine vessel floats in water. Another purpose of thesecond seal arrangement 13 is to prevent lubrication from leaking from thesecond bearing 6 a. - If the bearings for supporting the blades in the
blade housings 4 comprise afirst bearing 6 a and asecond bearing 6 b as described, athird seal arrangement 24 is preferably, but not necessarily, between theblade shaft portion 3 of theblade 2 and theblade housing 4 at thesecond bearing 6 b on the side of thesecond bearing 6 b that faces thefirst bearing 6 a. One purpose of thethird seal arrangement 24 is to prevent lubrication from leaking from thesecond bearing 6 a. - Each blade comprises preferably, but not necessarily, a pivoting means 14 functionally connected between the
blade 2 and theblade housing 4. The pivoting means 14 is configured to pivot theblade 2 with respect to theblade housing 4 for performing said pivotal movement of theblade 2 about blade axes B, which may be generally parallel to the central axis A. Each pivoting means 14 can comprise one of an electric motor, a hydraulic arrangement, and a mechanical arrangement or a combination thereof. Each pivoting means 14 is preferably, but not necessarily, independently operable. Theblade portion 5 of eachblade 2 comprises preferably, but not necessarily, an elongated leadingedge 15 and anelongated trailing edge 16, and by the marine propulsion unit comprises preferably, but not necessarily, asteering unit 22 configurable to control the pivoting means 14 so that the trailingedge 16 of theblade portion 5 of eachblade 2 moves in an ordinary cycloid or curtate cycloid path when the marine propulsion unit moves linearly when propulsing a marine vessel to move the marine vessel linearly or along a curve when propulsing a marine vessel to move the marine vessel along a curve. - If each
blade 2 comprises a pivoting means 14, as described, theblade housing 4 encapsulates preferably, but not necessarily, the pivoting means 14. An advantage of this is that theblade housing 4 protects the pivoting means 14 during assembly at therotary casing 1. Another advantage is that the pivoting means 14 can be sealed in theblade housing 4 against water by means of theblade housing 4. Another advantage of this is that this provides for an assembly-ready unit comprising both theblade 2 and the pivoting means 14 for pivoting theblade 2 with respect to therotary casing 1. - If each
blade 2 of the marine propulsion unit comprise afirst bearing 6 a and asecond bearing 6 b as described, and if each blade of the marine propulsion unit comprise a pivoting means 14, as described, the pivoting means 14 is preferably, but not necessarily, functionally connected to theblade shaft portion 3 of theblade 2 between thefirst bearing 6 a and thesecond bearing 6 b, as shown inFIG. 6 . In such case, each pivoting means 14 is preferably, but not necessarily, an electric motor (not marked with a reference numeral), wherein the electric motor surrounds theblade shaft portion 3 of theblade 2 in theblade housing 4. If each pivoting means 14 is an electric motor, thestator 17 of the electric motor is preferably, but not necessarily, attached to theblade housing 4, and therotor 18 of the electric motor is preferably, but not necessarily, attached to theblade shaft portion 3 of theblade 2, as shown inFIG. 7 . - Each
blade housing 4 comprise preferably, but not necessarily, at least onebolt flange 19 at theblade housing 4, wherein thebolt flange 19 is configured to co-operate with fastening means 20, such as with a co-operating bolt flange, at therotary casing 1 for releasable attaching theblade housing 4 to therotary casing 1. - Each
blade housing 4 can for example comprise, as shown in the figures, abolt flange 19 at one end of theblade housing 4, wherein thebolt flange 19 is configured to co-operate with fastening means 20, such as with a co-operating bolt flange, at therotary casing 1 for releasable attaching theblade housing 4 to therotary casing 1. - The
rotary casing 1 of the marine propulsion unit has preferably, but not necessarily, ahollow interior 39, and the marine propulsion unit is preferably, but not necessarily provided with amanhole arrangement 40 for providing access to the hollow 39 interior of therotary casing 1 as illustrated inFIGS. 7, 8 and 20 .Such manhole arrangement 40 is preferably, but not necessarily, configured to provide a passage between thehollow interior 39 of therotary casing 1 and the marine vessel. - It is apparent to a person skilled in the art that as technology advances, the basic idea of the invention can be implemented in various ways. The invention and its embodiments are therefore not restricted to the above examples, but they may vary within the scope of the claims.
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